When do they scan for reduced movements?

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I just went in for reduced movements, hadn’t felt anything for like 24 hrs. They did the doppler, heard heartbeat and they sent me on my way. I’m 25 weeks. I thought after 24 they scan you but they said no? My previous baby was small potential iugr so I’m extra cautious for placental dysfunction xx

@pinkmoon18

Where is your placenta sitting op?

Anterior high apparently x

To be fair my midwife always said to ring her first before 28 weeks, if worried about reduced movements and she would come out and check heartbeat with Doppler. I don't think they can use CTG before 28 weeks due to baby size so it saves you a trip to hospital unnecessarily

Mine was the same position.
I was in a couple of times being checked, once I hit the 28/29 mark baby had a real pattern and I was able to feel a lot more than before.
I wasn't scanned before 28 weeks.

I went to a Saving Babies Lives conference at Addenbrookes and one of the presenters suggested not scanning at all for reduced fetal movements, but advocated for Hand held dopplers and CTG’s instead. They felt that repeatedly scanning for perceived reduced movements only increased long term anxiety.
Where I work we only scan for RFM from 28 weeks and women attending with their first episode of RFM are only put on CTG etc, no ultrasound.
I’ve seen Women attend multiple times for scans, we can see baby moving on scan, I can even feel the baby kicking as I scan but women insist they can’t feel it themselves.

@Poppiesway1

I went to a Saving Babies Lives conference at Addenbrookes and one of the presenters suggested not scanning at all for reduced fetal movements, but advocated for Hand held dopplers and CTG’s instead. They felt that repeatedly scanning for perceived reduced movements only increased long term anxiety. Where I work we only scan for RFM from 28 weeks and women attending with their first episode of RFM are only put on CTG etc, no ultrasound. I’ve seen Women attend multiple times for scans, we can see baby moving on scan, I can even feel the baby kicking as I scan but women insist they can’t feel it themselves.

I just read through saving babies pathway guidance the other day, to be honest going in to scan after scan (as I did with my first) was so anxiety provoking, going from one to the next unable to relax, so that makes total sense to me!

Do you think they say they can’t feel it because they are so anxious? Placenta position? Or trying it on to get another scan?

I went in yesterday at 27+6 and they would only do a Doppler, they said from 28 they do a CTG so I was one day out, thankfully baby has been moving loads since.

I had a scan for reduced movements with my first pregnancy, our hospital policy was to scan after your second lot of reduced movements once past 24 weeks. I had an anterior placenta & there was a big difference in movements between that and my second pregnancy where I had a posterior placenta.

Trained medical professionals using a doppler is very different to untrained inexperienced parents buying one online and attempting to use it at home, it can give false security or cause unnecessary panic.

Where I am after about 26 weeks they put you on a trace for half an hour to an hour and ask you to click the button every time you feel movement, they don't scan for reduced movement.

Anterior can make a huge difference with feeling baby's movements. I couldn't feel hardly anything with DD1 with an anterior placenta.

I have growth scans and extra monitoring in my pregnancies and I’m shocked how many get sent home after quick checks. My last baby was the first time I have ever experienced reduced movement.
She is baby 4. My scans were showing her to be on the small side so I was at the hospital every other day having hourly heart traces and movement traces which then moved to daily I think week 33 to 35 it was every other day… 35 to 36 daily. I had a scan every 10 - 14 days from week 31.

They delivered her at 36 weeks while they estimated her to be 5ib she was 6ib 9

But I was monitored really well for reduced movement I didn’t have to battle or anything. I just mentioned it at a growth scan and then my care looked like that. My daughter is a healthy just turned 4 year old but that pregnancy wasn’t right. I can’t put my finger on what and I’m glad the hospital stepped in.

I’d say if your gut tells you you need to be checked.. get checked and don’t take no for an answers.